There was no ship in the bay.

A sudden thought seemed to strike him, and he rubbed both of his eyes.

Not content with this, he consulted the metallic mirror which hung beside his crucifix.

There was no mistake; the Commander had a visible second eye--a right one--as good, save for the purposes of vision, as the left.
Whatever might have been the true secret of this transformation, but one opinion prevailed at San Carlos.

It was one of those rare miracles vouchsafed a pious Catholic community as an evidence to the heathen, through the intercession of the blessed San Carlos himself.